audiobook Precolonial India in Practice: Society; Region; and Identity in Medieval Andhra by Cynthia Talbot in History

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Through a nationwide telephone survey of 2;000 people and an additional 200 face-to-face interviews; Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith probed the grassroots of white evangelical America. They found that despite recent efforts by the movement's leaders to address the problem of racial discrimination; evangelicals themselves seem to be preserving America's racial chasm. In fact; most white evangelicals see no systematic discrimination against blacks. But the authors contend that it is not active racism that prevents evangelicals from recognizing ongoing problems in American society. Instead; it is the evangelical movement's emphasis on individualism; free will; and personal relationships that makes invisible the pervasive injustice that perpetuates racial inequality. Most racial problems; the subjects told the authors; can be solved by the repentance and conversion of the sinful individuals at fault. Combining a substantial body of evidence with sophisticated analysis and interpretation; the authors throw sharp light on the oldest American dilemma. In the end; they conclude that despite the best intentions of evangelical leaders and some positive trends; real racial reconciliation remains far over the horizon.